Month: March 2012

I’ve fought making doughnuts. I’m not really sure why – probably it was the idea of deep-frying. Not the fat – I don’t mind a bit of that. No – it was about the fuss, the mess, the chance of slopping oil all over my clothes, or worse, scalding my hands. Or my children’s hands.So…

Yep, it’s a mouthful. And, it’s not very pretty. BUT This is the first proudly gluten-free dairy-free dinner I have presented my children with that has been scoffed like junk food. Possibly they are starved after 4 weeks of seaweed rice crackers and almond milk no-sugar banana smoothies and other things they simply don’t want…

Last week I threw a birthday party for my now-5-year-old son. Goldilocks is a gorgeous thing who is on a strict gluten and casein free diet, so as you can imagine, the food took quite a bit of thought and consideration. No wheat, no cream, no butter, no milk. So, I threw out my other…

Last weekend was my second experience with Taste of Dubai. If the festival was an accurate representation of the taste of Dubai, the stalls would have been a mix of Lebanese grills and dips, puffy khubz direct from the flame, devilishly hot Pakistani curry, rows upon rows of crisping drippy chicken and mutton for shawarma,…

Trsteno. The word is missing vowels. The map is missing kilometers. I’ve finally reached the crest, and it’s much further to the beach than indicators appear to have indicated. My heart is beating as fast as the legs of the millions of crickets drumming, hidden in the spiny grasses, and the temperature of my body…

I found myself again, unplanned in Melbourne. Sarah has arrived for 24 hours only. Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, lucky you – quite prophetic to place yourself around the date of my arrival. But The Rickshaw Run is booked out, Two Goats on Gertrude is the other side of town, and I can’t get my…

It’s Pork Belly, not porky belly, but that’s what you end up with if you eat too much of this. This is the complete opposite of the lovely zingy oil-free salad I last posted up. To be honest, it’s a little deviation from my usual diet too, and something I have never cooked before. It…

This is a no-measure salad, but for the benefit of those who like a little guidance, I’ve put approximates in. It’s oil free, gluten free, dairy free. It serves as a great base, and can be added to easily. It is now eaten at least one day per week in one form or another. Ingredients…

Different people travel for different reasons. Some like adventure – they seek adrenaline injections at mountain pinnacles, ocean depths, at the end of a rope or the start of a fall. Some need nature. They desire trappings that cannot be found in their common abodes, and instead search for mossy hollows, sweeping savannah, craggy rockscapes…